Anatomy of the Sacred An Introduction to Religion

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This comprehensive introduction to the nature and variety of religious phenomena, belief, and practice (1) explores the issues in the study of religion, (2) examines the universal forms of religious experience, (3) offers a cross-cultural study of a broad range of classic types of religious belief and practice in terms of the seven basic concepts of a religious world view, and (4) surveys the challenges faced by religions today.

Anatomy of the Sacred: An Introduction to Religion, 6th Edition

The Study of Religion

What is Religion?

Ways of Studying Religion

Universal Forms of Religious Experience and Expression

The Sacred and the Holy

Sacred Symbol, Myth, and Doctrine

Sacred Ritual

Sacred Scripture

Society and the Sacred: The Social Formations and Transformations of Religion